Letters to the Editor: Dublin City CEO would make a good FF/FG leader!

His comment that “they” (homeless fellow citizens) are “blighting the streets of the capital” displays a total lack of empathy and is evidence of extraordinary blindness to the despair of others

Dublin City Council Chief Executive Owen Keegan has come under fire for saying that rough sleepers should not be allowed to sleep in tents. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Michael Clifford’s article —  Tents are a symptom of hands-off State (Irish Examiner, August 21) — on the homeless issue identifies the core problem — the withdrawal by government from the provision of basic social goods.

This conclusion holds true when examining the problems arising right across those areas where the State and citizens should be interacting to the benefit of society as a whole.